While one Al-Shabaab fighter blew themselves up in the car bomb late on Thursday, other fighters from the Al-Qaeda-linked group had then stormed inside a restaurant, where they were encircled by police.
MOGADISHU - Gunmen battled security forces in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Friday morning, hours after insurgents launched a car bomb attack in a busy street that left at least five dead, police said.
The attack is the latest in a long line of bombing and assaults the al-Qaeda linked group has carried out. "There were blasts and sporadic heavy gunfire inside the building, the whole area is cordoned off," Sharif added. Al-Shabaab insurgents said a suicide bomber from their group was responsible for the attack, in a bid to kill senior officials staying in the Maka al-Mukarama hotel.
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